Further optional units can be taken from Groups B, C or D to meet or exceed the overall minimum of 14 units.

Meat & Poultry Industry Group B

Title
Receive livestock in food operations
Receive poultry in food operations
Contribute to bio-security in livestock holding in food operations
Maintain reception and holding areas for livestock in food operations
Care for livestock pre-slaughter in food operations
Care for poultry pre-slaughter in food operations
Prepare and monitor feed and water supplies to livestock in food operations
Use powered tools or equipment for processing meat or poultry
Carry out manual stunning of meat or poultry species
Carry out manual bleeding operations
Carry out religious slaughter
Carry out slaughtering for Halal meat
Skin meat species
Carry out rodding and clipping of meat carcasses
Split meat carcasses
Remove category 1 specified risk material in meat processing
Eviscerate animals or birds for Kosher meat or poultry
Eviscerate meat or poultry
Sort meat or poultry processing by-products
Process meat or poultry offal or processing by-products
Carry out primal cutting of meat or poultry
Carry out boning of meat or poultry
Carry out seaming or filleting of meat or poultry
Carry out trimming of meat or poultry
Carry out butchery of red meat primal joints
Carry out poultry butchery
Carry out wild game butchery
Produce portion controlled raw meat or poultry products
Prepare sauces/marinades by hand in food operations
Prepare ingredients and store fillings and toppings in food operations
Enhance flavour in meat or poultry products
Cure meat products
Control massaging or tumbling of boneless meat and poultry
Produce sausages by hand
Manufacture meat products in a retail environment
Produce batch meat or poultry products by hand
Cook batched meat or poultry
Produce added value meat or poultry products

Support Operations Group C

Title
Plan and organise your own work activities in a food business
Communicate in a business environment
Monitor food hygiene standards using rapid test methods in food and drink operations
Control weighing in food and drink operations
Control temperature reduction in food and drink operations
Control wrapping and labelling in food and drink operations
Control slicing and bagging in food and drink operations 
Control product defrosting in food operations
Slice and bag individual products in food operations
Contribute to problem diagnosis in food and drink operations
Contribute to problem resolution in food and drink operations
Carry out product changeovers in food and drink operations
Palletise and wrap products in food and drink operations
Produce product packs in food and drink operations
Pack orders for despatch in food and drink operations
Store and organise goods and materials in food and drink operations
Prepare goods and materials for despatch
Lift and handle materials in food manufacture
Supply materials for production in food and drink operations
Carry out hygiene cleaning in food and drink operations
Clean in place (CIP) plant and equipment in food and drink operations
Control washing and drying machinery in food and drink operations
Prepare tools and equipment for use in food and drink operations
Sharpen and maintain cutting tools for use in food and drink operations
Contribute to the maintenance of plant and equipment in food and drink operations
Carry out sampling in food and drink operations
Organise and improve work activities in food operations
Contribute to the application of improvement techniques in food operations
Contribute to environmental safety in food manufacture
Contribute to sustainable practice in a food environment
Maintain product quality in food and drink operations
Contribute to continuous improvement in food operations
Carry out task handover procedures in food and drink operations
Display meat or poultry for sale
Contribute to the effectiveness of food and drink retail operations
Sell food and drink products in a retail environment
Maximise sales of food and drink products in a retail environment
Serve on a specialist food retail counter
Bake off food products for sale in food operations
Provide a counter/take-away service

Underpinning Knowledge Group D

Unit Title
Principles of breed and pre-slaughter selection of meat and poultry species
Principles of slaughtering for Halal meat
Principles of slaughtering for Kosher meat
Principles of butchery
Principles of curing meat
Principles of a specialist raw meat and poultry sales service
Principles of a specialist cooked meat and poultry sales service
Principles of chilling and freezing meat and poultry
Principles of frying poultry products
Principles of classification of meat and poultry carcases
Principles of technology in meat processing
Principles of adding value to meat and poultry products
Principles of animal waste and by-product removal and the processing of edible co-products
Principles of weights and measures in food technology
Principles of freezing methods in food technology
Principles of food labelling in food operations
Principles of modified atmosphere and vacuum packaging in food technology
Principles of food processing operations
Principles of instrumentation and control systems in food operations
Principles of continuous improvement techniques (Kaizen) in food operations
Principles of sustainability in food operations
Principles of procurement and traceability in meat processing

 

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